Your Next Java Web App: Less XML No Long Restarts, Fewer Hassles

Overview: Did you realize that Hibernate has been around for more than 10 years?
And Spring will begin its second decade next year? There was a time when
Spring+Hibernate was widely considered an unofficial industry standard,
but today is portrayed as an ancient beast whose XML appetite kills
little rainbow scroll wheels. That assessment is not true, however. Both
technologies have seen continuous development and are still competitive
today.